Weishu Zhang
learning artifacts

Systems, made legible.

A small shelf of textbook-style projects I use to turn systems topics into diagrams, invariants, interactive experiments, and source-reading paths.

AI infra

Infra Learning Path

A vLLM-anchored path through LLM serving internals: request lifecycle, PagedAttention, scheduling, kernels, mini-vLLM, paper reading, and frontier serving systems.

vLLM KV cache LLM serving PagedAttention
Cloud / OS

Cloud Computing, from the machine up

A Chinese interactive textbook that starts with one rented VM and walks down into OS mechanisms, then back up through cloud architecture, Kubernetes, serverless, and AI inference.

Operating systems Virtualization Kubernetes Cloud
Data systems

Data Systems Illustrated

A CS186-style visual companion for database systems, from SQL and relational algebra down to pages, indexes, joins, query optimization, transactions, recovery, and distributed commit.

Databases CS186 B+ trees Transactions